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Dylan Hernández: Don't count out UCLA. Mick Cronin is turning the struggling Bruins into winners.

Head coach Mick Cronin of the UCLA Bruins looks on after a game against the Villanova Wildcats at the Wells Fargo Center on Dec. 9, 2023, in Philadelphia.

LOS ANGELES — You might not care for his sideline demeanor, you might not like how he criticizes his players, but Mick Cronin knows how to build winning teams, and the UCLA coach is doing it again in a season that was said to already be lost.

The same players Cronin blasted earlier this month have bought into what he's teaching, and the Bruins have suddenly won three of their last four games.

Don't count them out

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